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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1904-11-24, Page 7THE E WtMUTAN TI: e;S N ).VE 11131 it 24, 1404 ov4i, Cirkiyithe 25 Aveh v of 4Th ' i%s. Of GgkrThO OIf rifogfce EIC. eir.i Qet),tt./A{ M7;, ay *Ant AVeA /N. g ♦ • - *The letter slipped from Anne's flag -ea nand lay a small, white patcle:against the whiter hem of her gown. Sho thrust her hands out invitingly. Her eyes had the look of a child's in the dark wait- ing for the owing of the light. The breath came and went unevenly through .her parted lips. A happy smile broke •over her face. Sho picked the letter up and pressed it to her lips several times before she spoke to it, as if to ono who listened: • "1 know -I know all now i My dear, dear, dear!" CHAPTER X.X.M. A man on horseback appeared at the -head of the road leading from ono of 'the cup shaped hills to the fazenda Ri- scardo in S. Paula do Muriahe, in the 'province of Rio Janeiro. He wore a :short" white coat and nankeen trousers. A blue scarf, loosely knotted, showed a few inches of darkly tanned throat. A • wide leafed straw hat, evidently of Brazilian manufacture, was pulled over ^chis eyes. Even in shadow the eyes were 'unmistakably Donald Sefain's. Ho pulled in his horse and remained !oat in a study of til) scene, while the sunlight of a Bralzilian January bathed 'him iu an intense flood. On every band as far as the eyo could ! .nice the land was prostrate under the !stare of a pitiless sky. Thorn was no (shadow near him save that of his horse end his own broad hatted figure. " Half- way down the hill ono bushy headed palm and the prongs of some cacti lay patterned sharply on the bare and daz- zling earth. Below, in the middle dis- tance, ho saw the fazenda, the ugly fac- tory, the unsheltered square and cluster cot outbuildings. Behind him lay the waving lino of hills on which the coffee abrubs flourished and from which the .soft, monotonous chant and quavering .of the negroes came to hint. This scene made his life -the coffee 'bearing hills, tho unsheltered road lying between them. Ugly, arid, lonely, were ,the words that rose in his mind as he paused there. Tho very truth and force of the artist in him made his heart rise iu hot rv lt. Hatred and longing were in his steady gaze. In a few moments another rider camp out of the plantation and drew up be- ;aido him. Ho was a big, fair haired man, his lightht loo eyes a strange e anom- aly in his seuna brown face. When he .spoke, his broad, musical accent con- jured a vision of English fields on a spring morning instead of the hot, :slothful land blazing around him. "Waiting for mo, Sefain?" "No, I was thinking. I know you'd follow. " Tho Englishman looked at him, hesi- tated and at length spoke: "Sefain, you're making a bard fight . here, aren't you?" He asked the ques- tion abruptly as they moved on at a crawling pace. "Why?" and Donald's uncommuni- cative soul, aroused to interest, leaked for a moment speculatively from his ' brilliant eye. "Oh, I can see it. You hold your -tongue bettor than any man I've ever mot, and I've knocked about a bit in -this contrary world. But I know you are simply sickening for a sight of home --and some woman." Tho words sent a dark flush up Don - aid's cheek and his silence was cold. "Fact. But don't suppose I'ni trying to force your confidence, my boy." Ile laid his hand on Donald's wrist. "I speak this way, because -well, because I'm deuced sorry for you" - "You're wanting your pity then. What tho devil do you mean? One would think I'd been playing the part of a sentimental°fool." "Hold on, mi amigo. Let not 'the Ingloz' quarrel and set a bad example to these brown beggars hero," and au im- perturbable smile distended Arnitage's full cheeks. "I havou't`Iiuished. I'm sorry, and I'm envious at the same time. God! To bo not yet 30 and in love. To know the world -only iu ono pair of eyes anct comprehend heaven in the stench of five slim fingers. What would .eased not I give to feel this, tell myself fond- ly I was a fool and bo glad I was 1 }lug your misery, my boy. Bo suck a fool, Some day, maybe, when you're like mo and nota living thing is really neces- sary to you, when you know only the sleek and deadly level of practical self content, you'll remember and wish the longings which tear you now could come again and hurt you. That man only is blest whoso happiness depends Spon another human being." Donald, looked at him in amazement. He had never heard words like these from Armitage, They touched him too. Over his lean, brown face a dreaminess stole, and just as they crossed the fan- like shadow of the solitary palm upon the roadway he moved his companion's hapd from his wrist and gripped it. "Armitage," he said, roused for the moment out of his self reserve, "I al- most wish, then, you could love a wom- en as miserably, as passionately, p6r- haps as hopelessly, as I do. She is the desire of my life and its greatest good." "I knew it. Tho signs never fail. And now I want to talk to you. ;We might as well here as at the !amends. Why don't you sell out to mo or to Morgan, take what you've made and go home?" "Home?" echoed Donald, unable to repress the note of hope and yearning in his voice at sound of that sweet word. '"Why?'" "Do you think this" -with a con- temptuous gesture toward• the group of low, tiled roof buildings and the baro land -"pays for the, pain in the heart? As for the money you melte, it's not much for the struggle. The days are gone when big fortunes were made in coffee planting. It doesn't matter much whether my bones eventually lie under this sen or Korea's, and it's the same with Morgtn. But you -well, there's a woman you love far away from this wilderness. For God's sake, seize your happiness, sell out and go to her." "I won't," said Donald quietly. "I've a task to accomplish." "Qthor than the averaging of a,proftt of 8 shillings and tuppence on a bag of 60 kilograms!" "Other than that. I am content with these medium profits. I came hero not only to conquer or et least disarm, for- tune, but to conquer myself. I'll stay the time I intended." They rode On silently. An olda e gross with a child on her hip stopped iu the middle of the road, her patina outstretch- ed, and, following a curious custom, cried iu Spanish: "Bless me!" "God bless you!" said Armitage, and she went ou. A cart drawn by goats and filled with firewood passed them. Black vultures as motionless as if fashioned in basalt looked down from the stump of a dead tree as they neared the fazenda. Close by the details of the place worn even more unlovely than the misty whole seen from the hilltop. Cattle grazed loose under the charge of an aged negro squatting iu the sun and slum- lering with Ms almost fleshless hese tgaiust his knee. The gates through which the two oleo posed were, liko everything else about the place, con- structed to do what was required of them with the least possible exertion, and having been swung back as if an - der protest when the horses were pushed against them they returned only half way with a screech eloquent of rusty hinges and stuck fast in a tuft of weeds. A largo fancily of cats too attenuated to frolic strolled languidly around the paved square or sat winking their half blind eyes in the glare. From Rome of the white laborers' cottages came the unwell of pork and frying broad. OM' it all the sun flamed hard. Donald and Armitage alighted at the factory, and from this camp the low crooning, the murmur of mixed gong, heard wherever the negro works. "I'm dead for a siesta. My clothes seem weighted with stoues." said Armt- tago, yawning. • "I was up . before the sun this morning -long before it. Ss were you,." ho broke off suddenly, "and, by George, you. look dead beat, You'd bettor go a little easier. Do as I do, Sefain. After your coffee Ito down." "I'm going to," said Donald liet- lessly.. "Yes, but sleep. Don't lie and think. Why dont you go now and letomas fetch your coffee at ouoo? It's almost $. " "After i see Seraphine and find out what that rascal. of an agentat the rail- way had to say in answer to nay can, - plaint. Must we •keep trusting tie hon- esty is weighing tho lacks? I'd ant leek trust the devil." "Abe what can we do? 'Chat's the leakage through whirls oar profits -thea . But because time and emersion taw sa this en vAlaable as money in this P as • at'tt' la o spot we dated trust go mad bo cheated from the moment are Mrs* the Hacks at the station to the awiestaapt they are shipped in lfltlio. Don't h$ Ire think of it, Thehdpiess ieae of 1+t disked me frantic. It's ,Got to oaaatia 444 to being fleeced." lila Araltt iga swing across td "tos+garile hennas tvitarga he knew pork teed.elaatttsdne vete wtillikkt for him. • Balt tut !:atilt . Donald. olVt hands in trousers pockets and hat. 1arilyover eytte that seemed, twiteash went down ills;" tttlbit• square Oe See beett)re a snna* Wiwi *00040 other" sate thatit I4:. iS YOUR CHILD IN DANGER? • Is your child in danger from croup, bronchitis, whooping . cough, or chest colds ? Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine has time and again proven its right to a place in your home as a safe- guard against these ills which threaten your Children. Being pleasant to the taste, DR. CHASE'S SYRUP OF LINSEED AND TURPENTINE is well liked by children. As it is .perfectly free from injurious drugs of any kind, it can be used with perfect safety so long as dire-• tions are followed. Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine.penliue, 25 rents a battle, 4 et all deal. era, To protect you Against imitatio��nfs the portrait and signature of Dr. A. R. Chase, the famous receipt book author, .'are on every bottle. within a few feet throwing a top beetvy shadow aeross its white (accede. aioetee-.--tisane silent, :leaded little house of ,four small rooms where no fa, mllits: face ever w elcoesed him and no voice but his own or his servant's vi. brute(' on the sleepy stir. As Donald looked upon it uow the quiet place aoouted to feel the dissatisfaction rising freat his tormented heart and to meet it with almost servile protest. He had done what he could to make the house habitable. It was even a pest- ty house when compared with the blare hidoousuess with which Armitage and Morgan' were content, Thu laced bam- boo flaps on the windows made the pluco swim in gloom as restful after the sun- light as the feeling of a cool !land on the brow. There was mattiug ou the floor, a hammook swung in a corner, genie sketches of his own were upon the walls, some books on the Mantelshelf. Chief among the books were Anne's and just above them hung a small, uufram. ed pastel he had made, showing her face with the expression he loved best, the eyes glancing sideways, half question. fug, tender. Ho dropped the big manilla hat to tho floor, sunk into a cane chair and stretch- ed his body out, in a way expressive of unspeakable weariuesa Now that his forehead was bared, the sun's strength was seen in the pallor of the skin just below the hair, marking a division as sharp us a saber cut. Armitage was right; he was used up and needed a rust. His hand sought some cigars upon a small table and then slipped back. It would be better not to smoke until Tomas had brought his cof- fee, Tomas of the many lien, the sickly sweet smile and the coral tipped pend. ants iu"objectiohablo ears. All sarts of thoughts and half thoughts floated through his mind, tbo heaviness of the day, the knavery of the Portuguese agent ou the Dom Pedro II railway, the wish to make money fast- er, the surprising words Armitage had spoken on tho road, and always, no !natter what his surface thought, the tierce and living cousciousness of Anne underlying all, the ungovernable long- ings he land let speak in that last letter to her, the craving for her answer, the constantly recurring waves of homesick - mese checked by returning determina- tions to be btrong to the end. Ono more year of work, and he would have tested himself euough and made enough Money to go back to Now York. Ho, saw the town plainly and with an unappeasable longing. There were The Citizen offices, the panorama of spar- kling bay and clotted sznoke against. a copper sky Been from its western win- dows, the brisk crowds ou Broadway. snow, furs and violets, but most of all Anne's rooms, the firelight Clasping her as In a confidence, and perhaps cold. sweet rain washing a winter plant upon in 111 -cold cold sweet rain Elio dews , w , not the stinky mist and windless show- ers falling at intervals in this hot sea- son. Ho longed to feel its riot and chill against his faoe andheartho riug'of.the atone paremeuta under his tr • t• ad ca frostysunlight g to hurry through miles of to Anue'g gide- Tomas entered with the coffee and a dish of peppered chicken, but midway across the room he paused and let his melancholy eyes rest upon his master. Ho was asleep, his head fallen back and exhaustion marking the features. Sleep was better fol' him than peppered chick- en, Tomas reasoned, and remained con- •siderately quiet, his gaze as melancholy but more watchful as he lifted a piece of the neat to his lips with his fingers and rhythmically licked their brown tips. It was indeed well for his master to slumber on, and if he took another piece there would still be enough. Before he could enaferialize the thought voices outside surprised him. Ho hurried to the door and met the ,Spanish housekeeper of Senor Morgan about to enter. At a little distance be: hired her he ala a small group of peo- ple, two strange women, evidently "las and with them Senor Armitage. At the entrance to the court stood an ox cart in which the visitors must have come from the station. The heavy beasts were rubbing their noses together, mov- ing the iron bolls upon their Dollars and sending alonely clang through the sun- light. "Mother of God, the senor will be surprised!" Morgan's housekeeper was saying in shrill tones, swaying from hip to hip in her excitement. "He will shout and thtow his hat into the air for joy whee.he knows. Ah, you will all we ! Aye, it is wonderful. Out of the way, stupid pig!" to Tomas. "I am to toll the senor that his love has comp to him over thousands of,miles." • "The senor sloops as if the sen had touched hiie," interposed Tomas with a •glance of murder, for he hated the housekeeper, who annoyed his reveries by talking too much and knew so well how to bonne precise aim when she threw broken crockery at hien. "I would not rouse hien for the ehiq en even"-- "Boo:ease, hoist, yds wanted to �it yourself 1' Thin•is more important jltan feed. Let ma itis!" Armitage pulled her back mud mo- tioned Testes aside. "(io away, both of you!" ho said in a whisper of eosuosand. lie tented to ane of the strangers. She was young, *lark eyed, a httlo too white toad tatineier for his idea of 'beauty t»int with Itlaetks of tra'i'el weariness on her face. "Let your uaeid Vait hove. Yon will iu this house. They say y be to eleenieg. e Y Aosit•'s Ms ■atik for a moment over Iron ova its if it itiree She stood with 1ooec1r/ rktgped kende and. looked down at 1)onrild, feeling coursed through her, which might have been apprehension, pity or love, and she entered the dim room. She stood with loosely clasped hands and looked down at Donald. Often during the travail r' the long journey so im- pulsively undertaken she had wondered what emotions would come to her in this moment when the faced the strug- gler who needed and loved her, the man she loved. Donald's lids showing' blue against the broken and sunken face, the clam - minces upon the strip of pale forehead, the parched lips parted, the unguarded heart crying out its, distress iu the fixed expression of sorrow and appeal, were like so many chords around her heart drawing her toward him. She had done right to come to him. A wild joy filled her as she crossed the room to his side. But though she leaned above hint be still slept, not knowing heaven was neat. Sho sack on her knees and laid her cheek upon his drooping hand as she called him clearly twice. Donald started forward, dazed. The reality came in Anno's kiss as she clung to hint. Told END. M,N.%(I1:lt WAN•li'i3i). Trustworthy lady or gentl,ation to winnow) tato: neww in flue eonntps and adjoining tn,rritory tar well and favorably known Blouse or ia,lid 1h:'tnelnl standing. sicca. straight oath .ailnry and Sspcusecsr, paid each Monday by chuck direct from liadtivartere 1lspeatess money sivsnve . notation permanent. Address, Ma1111%0,4 810 C site Neelr, titiealto Illiriiht In the American Natural Gas Dhtrtet7. Passing through a gas belt one will see near the roadside in a farm, lot a mud bespattered, weather beaten der- rick, with the apparently rickety ae- conapaniment of crude appliances made familiar years ago in the oil regions ---a small reversing engine, a rusty locomo- tive boiler, usually without a stack and leaking at every seam; the ponderous wooden walking beam slowly oscillat- ing night and day, stopping only to give place to the use of the bull wheel when the drill is raised and the sand pump is lowered or a newly dressed bit is put In service. Crude as the rig and all its de - toils may seem first glance, every part is soon seen to have its use, and the journey of the bit from the surface to the unknown and perhaps barren deptbs is always • accompanied by interesting and ever varying developments. At night the measured beat and clat- ter of the rig in the dim light of a few flickering torches of gas, piped from. some neighboring well; the trembling derrick, its lofty top lost in the dark- ness; the driller carefully manipulating the temper screw after each stroke, con- trolling the bit at the end of a rope per- haps half a mile below the surface, all form a weird sight. Accidees are fre- quent, and the slightest carelessness may result in dropping the tools, the recovery of which requires patience and often great ingenuity.-Cassier's adage - sine. Then site Bad a Good Time. She was a nice, unIltusical little thing, with a fluffy- blond pompadour and wide open blue eyes. Probably she didn't know what she was bringing upon her- self when elle agreed to'heer "Meister- singer" with a musician who is a Wag- nerian devotee. IIo told her all about the motives during the overture, and she made a praiseworthy effort to look interested and keep her eyes from wan- dering to the boxes. He hurled musical technicalities at her during the progress of the opera, and she murmured "beau- tiful" and "wonderful" and "marvel- ous" whenever he appealed to her for appreciation, but the braised worm did turn at last. When tho orchestra weut mad unreservedly in the second act, the musician turned to the amiable little girl with tears of ecstasy. "Listen, listen!" he gasped. "Did you ever hear such vertiginous contra- puntal construction?" She looked at him despairingly and spoke with em- phasis: • "If 'you say another word longer than two syllables tonight, I will go home alone. I don't know counterpoint from hay, and I wish you would let mo hear the music." The man who sat in the seat in front of the couple longed to applaud, but waited until the end of the meta --New `Fork Sue. HEALTH. FOR BABY. sable s that are well, ale ep well, eat well and play re ell A obi d that is trot lively, ropy eiutkedsud pie ytnl, 2,,,•dt; tut Mediate itttt nfieen or the te41111it etas 110 serious. (give an 110 WI 1te:did Pah Owu 'Labiate anti you a ill be listudiser d h lw teem be wail be birigiit dual lab"yfnl Far dierrhorte,ct'II,•tipktt ttlf 1. rlul pie lever. i tdigestit n, collo, wiactteetIettog tlritation, these tsblsi,s. have absolutely too a Lusa They do »or srnp+•fy the chilat at• poisonous "eoothing" ueetlit'iu0N ,d0- thev go to the teat of th.i trouble and o re him. Airs. E. 11 inf:r"ft. J) •rwowd, Mau., says;-'" 1 neve us 4 Babe's Owe Pablets for xtouuu:h anal bowel troubles. for eampie fevers tool ieerhiog and 1 think them th++tn rht, best tyecttcittti ilt the world ,a You coti get Ohm() '.',soled, at any drug enure, or by deceit at 25 cent, a box by arida; the Dr. 4tiilintur s1,'dietine Co.. Brockville, Out. Wise mothers always keep the'L'ahlets ire the house to guard against as sudden illness- of little ones. In, His Hand Ail the Time. A short diene ago a friend of mine, a uzansgcr at some works not far away. had boost) the bank for cash to pay wages, the sten being about £230. C.I getting into the waiting ZOOM at the station he stat down end plead his cash bag by his side. Immediately after'lvard a gentleman entered and shook hands With him, and they sfood telk!ug a.1evmiuu eg,'w1 when the train Laine in. The gentleman': *bet, and so did any friend, but on getting to the train bo thought he had lost his bag and hurried ?hook, only to And. it gone. Ho called the portals and station matter, and at last at policeman arrived with the intention of searching the *A 'list to"Iked at uly' friend and kid, "ill it anything nap the one you ]herb In near hand?" vvlatit to his mrnizement he testa ane had been carrying *the *hole time..Pent tet1's 'Weekly: Persian:et ltitti * How short the Space. How short the space! How meek to dol How few and bra""t the days of town! So Innch to learn of (!Ilse and true • - Attd ouit, three -score years and ten! So little time to do things well, So much, se vary much t.tkuow; And while we labor in our cell The 3 eters do not forget to go. So many thiuea that we might learn, It time would only stay it's tide, And wane :omit; our youth retain' To keep the shadow trout our side. • ie�' iiftteilt eitcn t tieapy thegoir s 1!w+" iii *he menden lon:e0h ttal4edtilt)it t 111410100001 filar kis.11 Bot. ah! what cannot be cannot, We'll do the lir tie that we tnay, And ill notal!: time i:;IIorltig spot Perhatps find ti het we Inge to day -Frtuk H. Sweet. ..••••••••,•••••••••• PRESSED TO DEATH. Fearful Punishment That Obtained teener Old English Law. Under the old English law if a pris- oner stood mute and failed to plead to the indictment a jury was impaneled to determine whether his conduct -came from obstinacy or from a natural im- pediment_ According to Blackstone, if the prisoner was found to be obsti- nately mute and the indictment was for high treason It was settled that his silence was equivalent to a convic- tion and that judgment and execution should follow. This wane rule applied to petit larceny and misdemeanors, but upon appeal or indictments for other felonies or petit treason, aceording to the ancient lav, the prisoner was not deemed cone -need; but, because of his obstinacy, be received "tile terrible sentence of penance or Peine" and was pressed to death. Blackstone thus describes this pun- ishment: "That the prisoner be re- manded to the prison froth, whence he curie and put i:t a low, dark climber and there be. laid on his back on the bare floor, naked unless decency for- bids; that there be placed upon his body as great a weight of iron as 1,e could bear and more; that he should have no sustenance, save only on the first day three Morsels of the worst bread, and on the second day three drafts of standing water that should be nearest the -prison door, and in this situation this should be alternately his daily diet till he died or (as an- ciently 'the judgment ran) till be an- sweretl" During the trials for witchcraft in New Iunglaund a respectable citizen be- ing so accused, knowing that by rea- son of the excitement of the tines a plea of not guilty and trial would re- sult In a conviction with confiscation of property, and the sante judgment would follow a.piea of guilty, refused to plead, thereby preventing a convic- tion and enabling Itis family to retain his property. The court ordered that he be pressed because of his obstinacy. The order was carried out and the victim died. • Coal and Wood Yard i • We are sole agents here for the Scranton Coal,and will guarantee every • delivery to be O. K. Jnet ask any person who has need same and he whas • they guy about it. The toliowiug prices will not raise. for 12 menthe, • September and 7 following months " 4' "' $7 00 • To take advantage of the above prices,ordnrs must be in ba the fifth: of each mouth for immediate delivery or they will take the next month's pries, Partners wishing to load and draw their owl: Cosi will have 25o perton rebate. WINGHAM • • • • • •' i • ••• •• J. A. McLean. • • • Wood and Coal Office, next Zurhrigg'a Photo Gallery: Phone 64, • Branch Mee at A. E. Smith's bank; Phone 6. Residence Phone 55. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••i••••••• NOW FOR THE WOOD. No. 1 -Best Body Hardwood, per Cord .......,...,..,.., x3.00 No. 2 -Hardwood, from Smaller Timber per Cord ,,, ... . 2,76 No. 3 -Hardwood, and Ash, mixed., per Cord, 2.60 No. 4 -Ash and Elm, mixed, per Cord . ... 2 25 No. 5 -Slabs and soft Timber, per Cord. 2 00 Rough wood, chunks, etc., for furnaces and box stoves2.00 (Nos. 1 and 2 out from green timber.) ° Our terms for Coal and Wood are strictly cash. 1 • M • E. A. G., Ont. -A mare three years old is lame in thee!! forefoot and kg. A veterinary surgeon said the lameness is in the coffin -joint, and biiw tared for it, but she is no better. When standing she points the lame foot about twelve inches in front of the other foot. After standing in the stable over one day she appears stiffened up in both fore legs. Am. -Your colt has navicular disease, for which there is no cure. She was probably bred from a stallion or mare suffering from the disease. All you can do to relieve it is to put on a good blister and turn out to grass itt aweeks time. This is a reprint of clipping freed a recent Issue of the Montreati ""Family Herald and Weekly,. Star." The veterinary who arise wered tho inquiry could net hers advise the use of "Ideal" Pada without giving Dunlop a freed advertisement. The pada would give this mare a longer work,. log life. Dunlop "Ideal" Horseshoe Pads Put new legs on your horse. Cure or help to cure most hoof troubles. The only thing for navicular disease. MAD* AY TN* DUNLOP Ttas COMPANY, LIMITED, Toau.rro Put on by the Blacksmith who shoes roar base. A SIGN OF NAVIICJi ''St H> SE • •.•••• eetroseeees•••••N• •tit•••••••••••••••••••••••• • • ICLUBBING e • • • RATES • ■ • • •• R • • • a • ✓r • • Frank -nen'''. • "Do you think a doctor ought to tell . A a patient exactly what is the matter ! • with him?" e "Yes," answered the physician. "But he should use such terms as to pre- • r • • • • Took tete Profits. • "I remember Schomer was a great • • chap for thinking out plans for getting 2 rich. I suppose now he's wealthier 4. than any of his friends." "Oil, no. itis friends used the plans while he was dre6nsing over them". vent the possibility of the patient un- derstanding a word of what be says." -Exchange. Liberty is the povt'er of doing what the law. permits. -Cicero._ -- ire Ii'FulticT "When a wonuui comes down to breakfast late," remarked the observer of events and things, "and her In s. band says, 'You've forgotten some. thing,' •why is It site iltvurlatitiy, nuts her lianas 'ifp to Herr, rimerC ' ti An Event. "What makes you look so jolly, old fellow?" "I have. just bought something for my wife that I didn't have to take back and exchange." Mos Duodecimo. Itottsewlfe (sitrenstlenlly)--•\'hat is your business, maul?" I suppose you have a business? 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